Quotes About Uprightness

No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good will, its charity, and not by keenness of intellect or extent of knowledge.

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.

No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

What makes a good man?

The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.

You always take the high road, Master Kenobi," said Desh.

Honesty shakes the foundation of civilization.

The best of all lost arts is honesty

Morality is truth in full bloom.

Part 1 A Just Man

Men and women of integrity understand intrinsically that theirs is the precious right to hold their heads in the sunlight of truth, unashamed before anyone. Embodied within this simple principle and character trait rests the foundational virtue of every person and of every society.

Within us is something of divinity. One who has this knowledge and permits it to influence his life will not stoop to do a mean or cheap or tawdry thing.

The universe does not favour the greedy, the dishonest, the vicious, although on the mere surface it may sometimes appear to do so; it helps the honest, the magnanimous, the virtuous. All the great Teachers of the ages have declared this in varying forms, and to prove and know it a man has but to persist in making himself more and more virtuous by lifting up his thoughts.

Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.

I think integrity is underrated.

One land also shall ask another, and say, 'Is righteousness that makes a man righteous gone through thee?' And it shall say, 'No.

It is always healthy to be honest.

As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left us in a bad time.

I knew Dana White as a good guy, a good square guy.

This hand is free of blood, and this hand is free from the stain of corruption.

I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.